SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY (SOUTH AFRICA)
Vrystaat 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Vrystaat (ex-Wrangler) | F157 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | 9/1942 | 30.12.1943 | 7/1944 // 29.11.1956 | sunk as target 14.4.1976 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
2240 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2850 |
|
Length, m |
103.5 pp 109.2 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.9 |
|
Draught, m |
4.20 - 4.30 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
40000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
36.75 |
| Fuel, t | oil |
|
Endurance, nm (kts) |
3000 (20) (with 476 t of oil) |
|
Armament |
1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 278, type 262, type 293 radars, type 170, type 174 sonars |
|
Complement |
195 |
Project history: Former Royal Navy 'W' class destroyer, converted in RN service to frigate under type 15 design. Two further Type 15 purchases (Roebuck and one another ships) were cancelled in 1956.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Vrystaat 1970
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